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41 " He peeled out the banknotes from inside a billfold held on a chain and paid her. Andy Jackson’s eyes were X’d out. For an edgy instant she wondered if his money was counterfeit. She also noted his missing middle finger, and a skull tattoo decorated his sinewy wrist.She put down the card key. “You’re in Seven, straight down the courtyard.”He slid the card key off, but it fell to the floor. "Oops. Ihaven’t gotten used to this high gravity.”“I beg your pardon?”“Nothing. I’m just punchy from all the driving. "
― Ed Lynskey , The Quetzal Motel
42 " Quote taken from Chapter 1:"Alma idly wondered if he'd blow his nose, too.He did. Twice. He made it honk, the sound reminding Alma of Harpo Marx squeezing his bulb horn.Isabel darted a look at Alma, giving her the don’t-you-dare-giggle squint.Alma dug her fingernails into her palm, the inappropriate laugh rising from her throat as she looked up at the ceiling. Blue refolded his handkerchief and returned it to inside his seersucker jacket. Thankfully, Alma’s urge to laugh subsided. "
― Ed Lynskey , The Amber Top Hat (Isabel & Alma Trumbo #4)
43 " From Chapter 1:"You’re not a local.” I paused, unsure. “Or are you?”“Sort of. Randall Van Dotson is my dad. I’m Rennie.” After tossing her head that coy, sweet way girls do, she gave me a candid appraisal. "
― Ed Lynskey , Pelham Fell Here (P.I. Frank Johnson #1)
44 " Quote taken from Chapter 1: That's the idea. Listen, Frank, this one is different. She's a keeper." He let that part gel in me. "Get your head screwed on straight and move to Richmond. You hate it living in Pelham. "
― Ed Lynskey